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I wish I could buy cheaper shoes. I have fairly wide feet. I've only found one pair of shoes for under $100 in the last 15 years that even fit properly. If I buy cheap runners the sides blow out in less than a year. On the other hand, I bought a pair of dress shoes for about $200 over 15 years ago which would look a lot better if I gave them a good polish, and the only real problem is the rubber soles are getting worn out.
My problem is the opposite, my foot is about as narrow as they get. I can get runners that fit (but laces are always pulled nearly as close as possible), but boots are impossible except from the custom boot companies, though my dad's 1960s leather navy boots for me fine - I guess they sized width and length
I'm lucky in the sense that I'm bang on average. So most off-the-shelf stuff fits me good enough.
If you want to keep those dress shoes, you can get them re-soled. They'll be good as new!
They really only need a new outsole (?), and I have thought about it, I'm just not sure if it's worth the effort. They still look okay as long as you don't see the bottom of the soles, and it really only affects me when I'm on slippery surfaces.
When I typed that out, I realized I could get them resoled with something that has more traction and they would be better than new.
I had a pair of leather sole dress shoes. I wore the soles out enough and had them re-soled with rubber. Best solution ever
Incidentally we have the word "revamped" meaning renewed. That comes from shoe repair, where the vamp of the shoe is replaced